Blood of Elves

The Blood of Elves, chronologically, takes place after the events of "The Last Wish" and "The Sword of Destiney". The latter of which, has never been offically translated into English. If you have read The Last Wish and want to continue Geralt's story, In The Blood of Elves, you owe it to yourself to research the events of The Sword of Destiney. If you look hard enough, you can find a full unoffical fan English translation online. TBOE is a great story about Geralt. One that all Witcher fans will love.

The plot is episodic, like the prior two books in the series. The book doesn't quite build to a climax like a typical novel, but sets up the later parts of the series in a way that is best appreciated as a piece of a whole instead of a standalone story. The series has great characters and a soft, implied world-building. You come to understand the world through the context of the story. I'm interested to see where it goes.

Although not a bad book by any stretch of the imagination, this Witcher novel loses some of the magic that The Last Wish and Sword of Destiny had. By transforming the format from short stories to a more connected novel, Andrzej Sapkowski spends more time moving characters like chess pieces around the Northern Kingdoms, rather than providing intriguing human elements to a traditionally fantasy world. If you're new to the Witcher series, I strongly recommend starting with The Last Wish instead.